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平常

píng cháng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

平常 (píng cháng) means "ordinary; usual". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 平常 means

1. ordinary
2. common
3. usually
4. ordinarily

The characters in 平常

• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 常chángalways; ever; often

Example sentences

• 我比平常晚到。
  I arrived later than usual.
• 我比平常睡得晚。
  I went to bed later than usual.
• 他比平常早起了。
  He got up earlier than usual.
• 周末他平常不在家。
  He often stays away from home on the weekend.
• 我平常醒得特别早。
  I usually get up very early.
• 我们比平常走得更快。
  Wǒmen bǐ píngcháng zǒu de gèng kuài.
  We walked more quickly than usual.

Words starting with 平常

• 平常心píng cháng xīnlevelheadedness; calmness; equanimity
• 平常日píng cháng rìweekday

Words containing 平常

• 不平常bù píng chángremarkable; remarkably; unusual
• 稀松平常xī sōng píng chángnothing special; ordinary

Where 平常 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Equality, Balance & Average (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read píng cháng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.